"Because it all started 60 Thanksgivings ago, that's 60 years ago on Thanksgiving, when Guthrie and a friend went up to visit Alice at the restaurant. Alice didn't live in the restaurant, she lived in the church nearby the restaurant, in the bell-tower, with her husband Ray and Fasha the dog. What happened next on that fateful Thanksgiving Day 1965 in Western Mass. sparked Guthrie's 1967 anti-war story-song."
"Six decades after he drove around Stockbridge in a red VW microbus with shovels and rakes and implements of destruction, " Alice's Restaurant Massacree " is as much of a Thanksgiving tradition as turkey, pumpkin pie, Macy's parade floats, and football. I grew up with this song on the radio every Thanksgiving. I still need to hear it every Thanksgiving. You or someone in your family likely plays it every Thanksgiving, too."
Arlo Guthrie will have Thanksgiving dinner at home this year, breaking a recent habit of dining at restaurants. His wife Marti Ladd Guthrie plans a small meal for two featuring favorite dishes she will cook. The 1967 anti-war story-song "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" originated from a 1965 Thanksgiving incident in Western Massachusetts involving litter and an arrest. The 18-minute tale has become an unofficial Thanksgiving anthem and a seasonal tradition alongside turkey, pumpkin pie, the Macy's parade and football. Guthrie, now 78 and effectively retired, says he has played the song enough. The Guthrie Center is hosting its 20th annual free Thanksgiving dinner in Great Barrington.
Read at Boston.com
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